T24/Transact Migration Engineer (TAFC - TAFJ)

My client a leading finance house, are looking for a T24 (Oracle & TAF) Migration Engineer to join them - for this role you will have the below: 

Minimum Criteria
• Experience in Temenos T24 / Transact, with exposure to recent releases (R21+ preferred, R24+ highly desirable)
• Proven experience in TAFC to TAFJ migration programmes including:
   o Impact assessment
   o Gap analysis
   o Code conversion / remediation
• Strong experience in T24 database migration, particularly:
   o jBASE to Oracle conversion / migration approaches
   o Data validation and reconciliation across environments
• Hands-on experience with TAFJ architecture and Java-based runtime stack
• Strong technical understanding of:
   o COB processing
   o Local developments (L3 code)
   o Existing T24 data structures and file architecture
• Experience troubleshooting across infrastructure and middleware layers such as:
   o JBoss / application servers
   o IBM MQ / integration layers
   o TAFJ runtime & Java components
• Ability to analyse and support:
   o Environment setup, deployments and configuration
   o Performance and stability issues across TAFC / TAFJ environments
• Experience supporting upgrade activity (R21 → R26 or similar) including:
   o Code retrofits
   o Configuration alignment
   o Regression testing

Core Technical Skills
• TAFC and TAFJ frameworks (strong emphasis on TAFJ)
• Oracle database
• T24 architecture and upgrade lifecycle
• COB processing and batch job troubleshooting
• Local development:
  o Version routines
  o Enquiries
  o Templates
• Integration:
  o MQ / file-based / API interfaces
• Deployment & runtime:
  o JBoss / Java stack

Key Responsibilities
• Lead and support TAFC → TAFJ migration activities, including:
  o Impact assessments
  o Gap analysis
  o Code remediation / conversion
  o TAFJ validation
• Support Oracle migration activities, including:
  o L3 Performance tunning
  o Data validation and reconciliation
  o Environment configuration alignment
• Perform environment build, configuration and deployment support
• Analyse and resolve technical issues across environments (DEV/UAT/PROD)
• Support:
  o SIT / UAT execution and defect resolution
  o System integration with upstream/downstream systems
• Contribute to:
  o Interface mapping discussions
  o Technical design for customisation (L3 developments)
• Maintain clear documentation in:
  o Confluence / SharePoint
• Participate actively in:
  o Agile ceremonies
  o Sprint delivery and backlog refinement

Desirable Criteria
• Exposure to large-scale T24 upgrade / migration programmes
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery models
• Knowledge of:
  o CI/CD practices
  o DevOps tooling
• Familiarity with:
  o Enterprise hosting environments
  o High availability and resilience patterns
• Basic exposure to:
  o Payment flows / SWIFT

** SC Clearance would be highly advantageous
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed